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Reinforcements Of A Greater Sage-Grouse Population In Utah: Applications For Range-Wide And Local Conservation Translocation Efforts, Melissa S. Chelak
Reinforcements Of A Greater Sage-Grouse Population In Utah: Applications For Range-Wide And Local Conservation Translocation Efforts, Melissa S. Chelak
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present
In a small, isolated greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population in the Sheeprock Mountain Sage-Grouse Management Area (SGMA) located in Utah's West Desert, peak male lek counts declined from 190 males in 2006 to 23 males in 2015. A collaborative effort across all federal, state, and local partners yielded 146 (40 male, 106 female) sage-grouse captured, marked with either a very-high frequency or global positioning systems (GPS) transmitter, and translocated into the Sheeprock sage-grouse management area between 2016 and 2019, complete with radiotelemetry monitoring during the spring and summers of 2016-2020 translocated individuals in addition to radiotelemetry monitoring of …